KYIV, March 4 – The U.S. delay in providing assistance to Ukraine for the current year also worries the International Monetary Fund (IMF), from which Kyiv expects to receive $5.4 billion out of the required $37 billion this year as part of the EFF extended financing program, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Monday.

"The four-year IMF program provides for support from all G7 countries and the European Union, and therefore the delay in American assistance not only strains us, but also strains the International Monetary Fund, as part of the IMF program, which is designed for partners' support," he said at a press conference in Kyiv.